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the inspiration |
While I cut out the lining the other day, intending to put it together and start on the bodice, I really had no interest in working on it, so, I switched over the to skirt. As you can see, each layer is gathered at both top and bottom, with flat strips between the sections. After eyeballing it for a while, I decided that the original length of the gathered panels was at *least* twice the final top length. I ended up with 2.75, to allow gathers at the lower edge, and I was starting to worry about how big it was getting (i.e, not the full 3x)
Anyhow, as the gathering had to be fairly precise, and I wasn't in the mood to figure out how to pinpoint the tension on the gathering foot of my serger, I ended up doing it by hand. Its a little on the poofy and insane mini-bubble side right now, but when ironed, and with the weight of the other layers, I think it will turn out nicely. I also feel I ought to mention, its not quite so shiny in normal light. Without flash, its actually almost dull with a kind of silky look to it. (Although burn testing has identified it as acrylic)
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poofy mini bubble prior to ironing |
The plan is to finish the skirt, and then worry about the rest, as if worse come to worse, and life interferes with getting this done, I can do a fairly plain bodice without it looking too odd. The fancy gathered bodice and a plain skirt could work... but it would be a little odd, and it was always the skirt that I liked.